diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 60c06fa4ec32..2cfcf1f5d6a4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ static struct scsi_device *scsi_alloc_sdev(struct scsi_target *starget,
 	 * since we use this queue depth most of times.
 	 */
 	if (scsi_realloc_sdev_budget_map(sdev, depth)) {
+		kref_put(&sdev->host->tagset_refcnt, scsi_mq_free_tags);
 		put_device(&starget->dev);
 		kfree(sdev);
 		goto out;